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Ed - in the end you are just a pompus ass that read a book and thinks you know all the answers. Until you get yourself out to the shelter and see what's really going on, you have no room to comment. I'm sure the HSHV board and ed have better things to do than fight with you in cyberspace. Stop your bitching and do something!!!

As usual Mr. Zimmer continues to spew his rhetoric against HSHV instead of trying to help with the issues that exist in our community.

I too have been a long time volunteer and donor of HSHV and have seen remarkable improvements over the last 4 years. The board members that Kitty served with are no longer part of the HSHV board and the mindset of this board, staff & volunteers has significantly shifted into how to save more animals and get them into loving homes. HSHV did 122 adoptions last week!

Since HSHV does not turn away animals in need, they have to be creative in how to better care for their animals. The No Kill shelters in Livingston & Jackson send animals they don't accept to HSHV. Where else can they go?

The volunteer ranks of HSHV have nearly doubled in the last 2 years. Their foster program now has over 200 animals in foster home care. The HSHV TNR program has spayed & neutered nearly 800 cats/kittens during this year - for FREE! If Mr. Zimmer became a volunteer, he would know all this, because HSHV keeps us informed.

Finally, the adoption requirements supported by HSHV are clear and consistent for every adopter. Many times people come to the shelter wanting an animal they don't have the skills or time to care for. The volunteers and staff try very hard to make a good match so the animal stays in the home. Nothing about the adoption process is arbitrary as it was years ago. This is a very different HSHV.

Come on Ed, bury the hatchet and do some good for your community by helping HSHV!

It's about time HSHV gets to build a shelter. In a county like Washtenaw, there is no excuse to have a shelter like Detroit! UofM needs to start giving back to their community. They 'don't' sell property, but that didn't stop them from selling the donated property in Dexter to the citizens for over $1 million. It's one thing to care for your budget -it's another to bite the hand of the city/county that supports you. Shame on the regents - remember them come election time.

WHATEVER! Our judges need to get their heads out of their *!# and stand up to these people. The guy will never pay back the money unless he wins some in a dog fight somewhere. What a waste of time and effort. Remember Swart & Morris when election time comes.

Ok Badpenny01 - how do you explain the dog fighting supplies investigators found? I have 2 pits and that is why I am SOOOO outraged that he got off. People like him make the public scared of my dogs. I constantly have to defend my dogs and then this Yahoo getos off with a slap on the writst. Obviously the Michael Vick case had no bearing on this one. By they way how many dead dogs do you have in your backyard? Not a common thing is it?

Maybe you are a friend or maybe Mr. Dalton has pulled the wool over your eyes too. Based on the evidence provided, the things found were not your typical supplies average dog owners have. You might want to go back and re-examine your relationship with this horrible person.

You gotta be kinding me. So this guy pleads guilty, they find a dead dog in his yard and dog fighting supplies and what does he get??? A slap on the wrist. Judge Morris should be ashamed of herself. What is she thinking?? She had the power to set an example and to let dog fighters know that Washtenaw County is no place for this blood sport. I bet if Dalton lived next door to the honorable judge, she'd think differently after hearing the agonizing yelps of dying dogs. Remember Judge Morris's name at election time people. She is not what our county needs!!